Lubricating journal box for car axles



Patented July 24, 1923.

ITED STATES HARRY v. Bonny, or mancnmun, mrssounr.

. LIIBBIGATING JOURNAL BOX FOR- GAR AXLES.

' p Application filed February 16,1921. Serial mars es.

To all whom it may concern he it known that I, HAnRY V. BoDnY, a citizenof. the United States, residing at .Marceline, in the countyof Linn andState of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements inLubricating Journal Boxes for Car Axles, of which the followmg is aspecification, reference being hadjto the accompanying drawings.

:In a device of this character it is the pur pose to provide alubricator, wherein through the medium of vibrating movemerits and acapillary attraction, lubricant is fed to the journal along strands ofwool waste. y i

Another purpose involves the provision of means for carrying the woolwaste in the journal box and holding it adjacent the journal. I j

Still a further purpose consists in the provision of means for steadyingand holding the journal in the journal box.

While, the design and construction at present illustrated and set forthis deemed preferable, it is obvious that as a result of a reduction'ofthe invention to a more practi cal form for commercialpurposes, themvention may be susceptible of changes,and .the right to these changesis claimed, provided they are, comprehended within the scope of what isclaimed. w

.The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, aswill be'hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed. p

In the drawings I a Figure 1 is longitudinal sectional view through thebox, showing the journal Inounted therein, and illustrating the lubreating means therein.

F igure 2 1s a transverse sectional v1ew on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectionalview through the journal box, showing thejournal, the lubricating means and the top bearing for the journal inelevation.

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of the retaining plate 19.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of the bearing plate 16.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the journal boxing as a whole,the lower portion 2 of which contains the lubricant 3 to be applied tothejournal. A car axle 4: is illustrated and it has its journal 5engaging the boxing. The opposite ends of the boxing.

journal have shoulders 6 and 7, between which the semi-cylindrical plate'8 is operable, This plate is provided with a plurality ofperforations9, through which strands of wool'w'aste securelyiengage. In other wordsthe plate 8 constitutes a carrier for the wool waste, which engages theinterior of the bottom of the cavity 2 of the box. The upper ends ofthestrands of the wool waste engage between the carrier and the cylindricalsurface of the journal, and through the medium of capillary attraction,the lubricant feeds to the journal, and lubricates the surface thereof.

The plate or carrier 8 has lateral flanges 10, which are engaged by thebolts 11. The bolts 11 extend upwardly and through the of the boxing,there being nuts and plates 14 and 14 engaged with the upper ends of thesprings, and by means of the cotter pins 15, the nuts are prevented fromunscrewing. j

Engaged with the upper part of the chamber is a bearing plate 16, whichhas its semi-cylindrical inner surface 17 engaged with the. journalbetween the shoulders 6 and 7 The outer face of the bearing 16 isangular as shown at 18, to conform to and engage with the retainingplate 19. This retaining plate is interposed between the bearing plate16 and the upper wall of the One end of the retaining plate is engagedby the bolts 11 toward the inner choring the retaining plate inposition.

The innerend of the bearing plate has a shoulder .21, which is engagedby inner bolts 11, thereby assisting in holding the bearing plate inposition.

The journal box is of the general or conventional construction, hencethe inner end of the journal box is provided with guides 22 for theusual plate sections 23, which are provided with semi-cireular groovesor cut away portions, which fit upon the journal, to keep out dirt andgrit. The upper plate section acts by gravity, whereas the lower platesection bears against the bottom 24: of the guides, though it is obviousthat a suitable spring may be interposed between the part of the rollerto .ing or any fp 'of waste that would tend to decrease the cost andaccomplish the same purpose as wool waste;

The invention having been set forth, What is' claimed as being usefulis: j j

1. In a devicefor the purpose indicated,

the combination'with an axle journal, of a journal boxing therefor, thelower portion constituting a lubr cant co'ntalner, a wool Waste carriercomprising a seini-cyllndri'cal perforated plate engaging the under partof the journal, wool waste securely anchored in the perforations andbeing suspended in the container and engaged between the platean'd thejournal for ieeding'lubric'ant theretofsaid plate having lateralflanges,

bolts yieldingly anchored in the upper wall of the boxing and connectedto the lateral flanges for suspending said plate,a bearing plate for theupper part of the journal, a i retaining' plate between the upper wallof the boxing and the bearing'plate, saidbearing and retaining plateshaving operat'ii'e connections with the 'bolts to hold said plates inposition,

2. In a device for the purpose indicated,

"the coinbination'with an axle journal, of a journalboXing therefor, thelower portion constituting a lubricant container, a wool waste carriercomprising a sen1i cyli11drical perforated plate engaging the underpart'of the. journal, Wool waste securely anchored in the perforations andbeing suspended the container and 'engage'dbetween the plate and thejournal for feeding lubricant thereto, said plate having lateralflanges, b'olt's yieldably anchored in the upper wall of the boxing andconnected to the lateral flanges for suspending said plate, a bearingplate for the upper part of the journal, a retaining platebetweenthenpp'er wall of the boxing and the bearing plate, said bearingand retaining plates having operative connections with the bolts to holdsaid plates in position, said connections comprising shoulders at theopposite ends of the journal, between which the bearing plate engages,said bearing plate and the retaining plate having shoulders to beengaged by the bolts to prevent movement of the plates. 1 I

3; In a lubricating journal box, an axle journal, a journal box thereforhaving means at one end for the reception and support o'fan aXle,abearing plate in the boxingjitor engagement with said journal, aretaining plate between the upper an of the boxing and the bearingplate, a lubri cant wool waste feed for the 'jou'rnal'including a plate,tensioned bolts operatively mounted on the upper wall or the boxing andoperatively connected to the plate carrying the wool waste feed, saidbolts engaging the sides of the bearing plat'e, acting to hold thebearing plate in place, and abutmerits carried by the retaining plateand operatively engaging with the bolts, not

only to hold theretaining plate in position 80 to hold the bearing withrelation to the bearing plate, but at the same time acting plate inposition. I j v l. In a lubricating journaY-boX,"anfaxle journal,journal boxing"therefor, the lower portion thereof"constituting "alubricating container, lubricant feeding eevice inouri'te'd under and"engaging the journal, a bearing plate, shave and engaging the j ournal,a retaining plate between' the bead-ring plateand the upper'tvalhof theboxing,

means for acljustably"suspending the -luloricant feeding deviceinoperativep'osition' in the boxing, said supporting means for thelubricant feeding device meluchng hangers,

said retaining plate having abutment inea ns operatively connecting withsaid hangers, for not only preventing 'en'dwisenioveme'nt of theretainin late, but also acting to hold the bearing plate in operativeposition 'on the journal.

In testimony whereof hereunto "afiix signature. a 1

am VQB DDY.

